100th post

I noticed as I signed in that this will be my hundredth post, today is just full of celebration. It is also Jett's 4 month birthday, I can't believe it has been 4 months already. We went to the doctor today for his checkup and some shots. Our big guy is 16 lbs 13 oz. and 25 inches long. He is totally healthy and totally cute, so we're pretty lucky. Rick and I also went to the doctor this week just to get some physicals and to meet our doctor for the first time. Our blood work will be done next week to check for cholesterol etc, but of what we know right now we're healthy too.

Rick was going to go to NBC to do a presentation today about their security, but it got canceled last minute. Too bad, I was hoping he could get me an autograph while at the studio, but I guess I will just have to wait. But that does give us time to go look at glasses frames, Rick has been wanting some new glasses but we just haven't had time to find any he likes.

Next week my dad turns 50, which finally sounds old. I'm gonna have an old dad, which is weird, cause I've always thought of my parents as young, especially compared to my friends parents growing up. My friend Alia has a brother only a few years younger than my mom. Then in 2 weeks Carlie turns 18, which is crazy! That makes me feel old. Carlie has always been one of the "little" girls, so that she is going to be an adult is just kind of hard to wrap my brain around. There are a lot of big birthdays this year in my family. Dad turns 50, Carlie turns 18, Kellie turns 16, Julie turns 21 and Mom turns 45 and Jett and Jack will turn 1. Plus my parents are going to be celebrating their 25th anniversary. Too bad I'm turning boring 23, I guess I'll take what I can get though.

This Week...

Has been pretty great. Jett laughed for the first time, and my heart just about melted. I'm pretty sure I would do just about anything to make him laugh again, cause it is so cute! I haven't been able to catch him yet on camera, but I hope I will soon. We had miserable weather the first part of the week, our high on Tuesday was 102. It cooled off during the later half though and it was great, perfect actually and made going on walks just so enjoyable, well even more enjoyable than usual.

I made coconut chocolate chip cookies which turned out so yummy and we are making home made chili, which I hope turns out good. It is a vegitarian recipe, so we'll see how that goes. We did have to change it up a little cause we didn't have chili powder, so we used a bunch of other spices. We also hung the humming bird feeder we got a year or so ago from Tim and Alexa (Thanks!) and in the two days we've had it up we've already had tons of little visitors!

Rick did have to work some really long days though, which was a little rough. But over the next few weeks to lighten everyone's load they are working in shifts, and for 2 weeks Rick doesn't have to go into work until 3:30-10pm. It'll be a fun change to have him home during the morning, but hopefully working at night isn't too crazy. Then the next week he is taking the morning shift and coming home at 3:30 which will also be fun. Unfortunately, he also has to work the next two Saturdays, so maybe I'll go visit my family in Redlands. Rick is also only one class away from finishing his golf class. He's been enjoying it so far, and I'm glad.

Well, congrats to Cari and Shyla for graduating this week from BYU, that is so great!

our beach pictures

Beach Day

So it has been a long time since I posted anything, I'm gonna try and do better, but most days I don't really have anything to say. I pretty much lead the most boring life ever, but boring in a good way. I don't have any difficult struggles to overcome, no dramatic happenings in the day to day. I eat three meals a day, shower, go on walks, clean the house (when I can) and play with Jett.

We did have a pretty exciting day today though. Rick took the day off of work and we went down to Santa Monica beach. It was a beautiful day, not too hot or too cold. We had a picnic lunch on the sand and just soaked in the pretty beach. Then, we went on a walk along the beach near the water, but not in that stinking cold Pacific Ocean. We got our feet wet and that was good. Jett stood on the sand awhile, I couldn't tell what he thought, but that's what happens when you have a baby who scowls all the time. Then Jett fell asleep so Rick and I took the chance and played some frisbee, which was really fun. The last time we played I was 8 months pregnant, and it is much easier to play frisbee sans gigantic belly. After feeding Jett we went for a walk along the Pier, which was really cool. Then it was time to head out to try and beat rush hour because we have to drive right through downtown LA to get to the beach. We did take pictures, but those will come later.

It was really fun having Jett's blessing a couple of weekends ago. I will post more details later because we did a lot. Julie, Holly, Jack and our friend Whitney all came down from Provo and it was so fun to see them. I miss you guys a lot, so just move to Pasadena so we can all party all the time. Jack and Jett didn't seem too interested in each other yet, so we'll give them a few months. Steve and Cindy came from Arizona, which was so nice and fun. It is always great when they visit, even though they could only stay a couple of days this time. Judith and her family came as well as my Bird family. And of course Kellie, Mom and Dad were there. Sadly, we had to miss Carlie, but I'm glad she went and had a good time on her tour in NYC. Sunday was a great day and the morning wasn't even too rushed, which was a nice feeling. Rick was pretty nervous before the blessing but he did a great job. He loves Jett so so so much and I think that came across in what he said. Jett made his first public vocal performance, and started crying as soon as Rick started talking, luckily I sent Rick up there with a pacifier. After Sacrament meeting we all came back to our apartment and had lunch and hung out. It was really great just getting to talk with everyone. And I got a look into our future with Judith's three boys, I hope our kids are able to play together like that. It was a great weekend.

Monday was great because it was Holly's 24th birthday and so she let us celebrate with her at Disneyland. It was a really fun day, even though Jett was cranky on and off all day long. Mom was great and watched the boys while we went on the rides. Jett really liked Small World, and I would have taken a picture if it would've come out, because I don't think he could have opened his eyes any bigger. It was also a great day because Holly shared the good news with us: She's having another baby! I will post more about this later, but now Jett is in bed, so I'm going to bed too.